At 0- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 19, 2006

TERRACE STANDARD

“Mining company needs help

_ pushing project forward ©

A. NORTHERN | mining
company is. looking for
‘support. in having

as possible.

Northgate Minerals says
any delays past the end of
this year means it may not
- get . its Kemess North gold

veloped before its Kemess
a South property runs out of
ee OF
en “And if the closure does
“not mesh with the open-
ing, Northgate could lose a
skilled’ and hard. to replace

‘mess North development at.
“tisk, company officials said -
- here last week.
Four company - officials
“were.in ‘Terrace April. 13
.,, passing that message to civic
- and business leaders as part .
coe a ‘northern tour.
Northgate’ s been working»
”» .on-the Kemess. North. envi- .
= - ronmental and other approv-
al Tequirements | since 2003.
-* “" A’range of public. hearings»
aa and examinations are. now
“scheduled . for 2006 leading
_ fo. company officials hope,
_ is a sign off in time for 2007.
; construction plans. ‘
. Northgate environmental
‘manager Harold Bent said
dts Kemess South’ property ,
will run out of ore in late.
"2008 or early 2009.
: “By ‘that: time we would
have a. road from | Kemess
“’ North to Kemess South and‘
-have.in place the other facili-
: ties we need,”‘said:Bent.._
Based. on: a 2007. con-
struction start, Kemess
North would have a life span.
to 2020. It’s located Skm
. north of Kemess South. °
The properties are north-
east of Smithers and there
is a road connected east to
i . Mackenzie, which is north
i ‘of Prince George, where ore
is placed on railcars.
“The company now has

its -
application to develop a new |
» property proceed as quickly

workforce, putting its Ke- .

ike

350 direct employees. and
there are another 125 people

tors.’

-“That’s what we would |
be concerned about, any gap
_ between the closing and the
-opening. If Kemess North .
isn’t on-line when Kemess
South closes, there'd be a’

ae and . copper property de-* . huge loss [in workers],” said
a Northgate. general manager ©

o

Maurice Ethier.
“Even ore month would:
be serious, let alone six
months.” °
Ethier . said major con-
struction projects in B.C.
and elsewhere, other mines
- and the burgeoning Ft. Mc-
Murray’ tarsands. will make
- skilled workers all but im-
-- possible to: find or [0 re-
- place.
. He. said one. key eco-
,nomic benefit to’ Northgate

ris that it will be able to use.

kits Kemess South facilities,

lowering the overall amount -

of money needed to develop’
.Kemess North: ©
Northgate is’confident its
environmental
“economic: studies are’ suffi-
cient to pass through federal
and provincial regulatory
hurdles. It does have a prob- *:
lem with acid rock drainage °
potential at its Kemess North
property: but has’found: what :
it, says is. an’ ‘economically

viable. and low: risk solution

—_— placing waste rock. and. «

tailings. in nearby Duncan

Lake. ;

That would prevent ‘the ;

waste and tailings from be-

ing exposed to air which then

brings on‘acid rock drainage :
in material containing high

metal content.

“We recognize theré is a
problem. And we’ve identi-
fied this as the best option,”
said Bent. ©

“Other options have _.
greater risk and are not eco- |
nomically viable.”

Northgate has a pay-

7 Days A Week

pl CSCI.

t

the

sy

; ar amie —
Pr oject |

who work for other contrac- :

and socio-. .

G

HAROLD BENT: Maurice Ethier “and Linda Hodgeon of.

_ Northgate Minerals Coorporation were in Terrace urg-
ing support from the local business community to pro-
mote the quick approval of its Kemess North project,

toy

roll of $26 million a year,

“ ~purchased’ $130 million: in’:

. goods and services each year
and pays $37 million a year

_to various government agen- .

cies and departments..:"
Local __ businesspeople

- focussed on. Kemess’ North

because of the possibility of

a road leading from Hwy37

‘and politicians Have been

" North to the location...

There’ is a route leading :
in-but it would need-to be
improved, for .a reliable in-

‘dustrial haul road. |
- Northgate says it doesn’t
‘have the money to take on

the road all by itself but

would be -willing to pay if
a road was built and fianced
through user-pay tolls.

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